Home Matters In Warren 1885 Local Notes
Local notes report a dog licensing ordinance, hay and strawberry markets, and repairs on homes and streets. New building plans at Fifth Street and High Street, a large fairground horse trot entries in late June, and a planned Episcopal Rectory bid opening. News of railroad connections through Dunkirk, and a summer vacation for Warren lawyers.]]>
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M. C. Beebe
Buffalo
Dunkirk
Warren
Beaver County
People in Print in Warren and vicinity
Mrs. A. M. Kent visited Warren last Thursday while Dr. J. E. Berkstresser toured from Pittsburg. Many locals recover or improve from illnesses as notices cover societal moves, travels, and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Kent
Warren
J. E. Berkstresser
Pittsburg
Nixon
Jamieson
Warren Directors Fix Levy and Name School Staff
At the June 1 meeting Warren School Directors set the tax levy at 5 mills for schools and 1 mill for building. An adjourned session appointed Rev. W A Rankin M Silk and J M Siegfried to oversee the new building and to arrange stone work. Teachers for next year are engaged led by Principal Prof A B Miller with a long list of teachers for rooms 1 to 10 and new building assignments for rooms 3 and 1 with Miss Richards of Erie and Miss Mary M Myers of Warren.
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Jessie M. Davis
New York
W. E. Rice
Library Hall
Wetmore, Noyes and
Hinckley
J. Danforth
J. M. Siegfried
Pennsylvania
Erie
Prof. Miller
Kettelsville
N. Y
J. H. Neill
Titusville
Warren
W. A. Rankin
M. Silk
A. B. Miller
Kate Darling
Arline Arnett
C. W. Coates
N. C. Locke
Libbie M. King
Mary O. King
J. #. Thomas
Laura Snyder
Berta Thomas
Mary O’hern
Mary Kopf
Ellen Glenn
Blanche Hawkins
Miss Richards
Mary M. Myers
Chas. Reade
E. W. Thompson
Ella M. Sumner
Columbus
T. W. Arird
van Vleck & Wakeman
C. C. Hunt
G. W. French
Marsh
T. A. E. Russell
C. W. Clark
E. Weatherby
Wm. Briggs Farm
Lakewood
Miss Benson
Randolph
Ida Walkley
J. W. Carr
J. L. Thompson
Lander
Sam
New School Building For West Warren Planned
Plans by G. C. Hamilton Borough Engineer outline a brick two story school on Public Way and Water Street. First floor has two 23 by 35 foot rooms with three sided light and two cloak rooms. front hall 30 by 11 with twin stairways to the second floor two more rooms and two cloak rooms. a front tower will house a bell.
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West Warren
Public Way
Water Street
G. C. Hamilton
Parasols and Sun Shades Hit The Market At Low Prices
O. H. Hunter and Son announce a large new line of parasols and sun shades with Latin parasols priced at 1.25, worth 1.75. Children’s parasols start at 25 cents. Silk umbrellas offered and wallpaper stock replenished by A. A. Davis & Co.
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O. H. Hunter & Son
Veteran Fred Balt Zinger Dies After Violent Coughing Fit
Fred Balt Zinger died after a severe coughing spell. Born in France in 1882, he enlisted in the navy in 1861 and served with Co. B, 39th New York Volunteers until 1865. A Warren resident, he was a charter Eben N. Ford Post member and active in Decoration Day observances. He lay in state with military honors, buried at St. Joseph's cemetery after a large procession led by Eben N. Ford Post and Reig's band assisted by priests Father De La Roque and Father Berbigier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Baltzinger
France
Navy
Co. B
39Th
N. Y
Warren
Eben N. Ford Post
Oakland Cemetery
Reig
Co. I
Lieut. Knapp
Father de la Roque
Father Berbigier
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Window Shades Made To Order By A A Davis and Coe
A. A. Davis & Coe offers complete line of custom window shades crafted to customer specifications. The firm emphasizes tailored measurements and material options for residential and commercial settings.
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A. A. Davis & Coe
Court Proceedings Narrowly Pass in Weeklong Session
Judge W. D. Brown and Associates presided over a week of criminal cases at the county court. Verdicts included guilty and not guilty results on liquor laws, larceny, fornication, and gambling charges. several defendants received fines, jail terms, or probation, while others faced nol pros or continuances. The court adjourned with liquor license petitions postponed to Tuesday afternoon.
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W. D. Brown
Associates
Brown and King
Commonwealth
W. D. Black
Com
F. Kreier
M. Rowley
Henry M. Schell
A. Whaley
E. B. Lanning
Alex Morrison
Charles Forquer
Geo. W. Mitchell
Lon Sterling
John Weatherby
Robert Miles
Charles Clark
Frank Marion
Geo. Heintz
Mollie English
Same
Fanin & Murphy
Tabor & Russell
W.H. Clark
John Smutz
W. H. Clark
N. Fitzgerald
Charles Eysinger
Philip Leonhart
Breitenstein
Andy Donald
Wm. Spencer
Alfred Brown
John Kennedy
County Collections and local civic notes in Clarendon area
Ex Commissioner Maultby now Justice of the Peace at Grand Valley qualified last week. Clarendon fire dept plans a celebratory Fourth with committees appointed. A. H. Simpson named new postmaster at Clarendon replacing H. E. Norris who resigned April 20. Bairstow of Warren photographed the soldier statue and Decoration Day procession, with sale rights. Hunter Hose Company plug hats offered. Bob Foster resigns as Clarendon Chief of Police after three years to join Warren police. praised as a top detective. Centre School pupils listed for June attendance. several marked punctual.
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Maultby
Grand Valley
Fire Department
Clarendon
A. H. Simpson
H. E. Norris
Tidioute
Bairstow
Warren
Hunter Hose Company
Bob Foster
Bob
Herald
Centre School
Edith McDowell
Maggie Daley
Amanda Fidler
Minnie Daley
Gale McIntyre
Jennie Whaley
Bertha Jackson
Mary Yarington
Minnie Vanmarter
Alta Capwell
Roy Day
Jimmie Deland
Frank Fidler
Willie Gifford
Lee Trim
Claud Austin
George Vanmarter
Jimmie Mallen
Albie Stuffabeam
Auzapa Havupra
Allegany County
Knights of Pythias
Harley
Erie
Frank McGuire
Erie County Savings Bank
Therese
Warren Asylum
Humboldt Bank
Jesse Ebersole
Presentment of the Grand Jury June term Warren Co 1885
The Warren County grand jury reports twenty one indictments with fifteen true bills. They inspected the county jail and Rouse Hospital grounds, urging a barn at the courthouse and floor drainage in the boiler room. They recommend roof work, plastering, painting, proper naming of Rouse Hospital, pasture brush removal, and praise Dr Curwen's management at the North Warren Asylum. J W Lyriz, foreman.
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Court of Quarter Sessions
Warren Co
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Court House
Rouse Hospital
Rouse Estate
Rouse House
North Warren
Curwen
Thistle Law Highlighted Before Grand Jury
Judge Brown urged the grand jury to consider a state law on Canada thistles. The statute makes owners liable for allowing thistles to grow and allows neighbors to enter property to destroy them, charging the owner $2 per day for the service.
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Brown
Grand Jury
Latines Foulards Cambrics and Lawns at Low Prices
O. H. Hunter & Son advertises new fabrics including Latines Foul ards Cambrics and Lawns with good Lawns at five cents worth eight and Latines at eight cents worth twelve.
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O. H. Hunter & Son
Grand Union of the E A U Meets in Erie
The Grand Secretary reports 3784 delegates represented at this year’s session, with 5509 total member households in the state. Officers elected include Chancellor E Harvey Oil City Advocate W A Smith Rochester President D R Watson Eric Vice President J S Craig Byron Center Secretary J W Patton Pittsburg Treasurer R Ed Ashley Meadville and other posts. Evansburg was chosen as next meeting place with the second Tuesday of June set as the time.
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Flora Crocker
Oil City
Franklin
Josie Smith
United States Court of Claims
Judge Scofield
Robert M. Foster
Utter and
Lacy
Warren
Alexander McWilliams
Scotland
John J. Fletcher
Farmington
McWilliams
Erie Gazette
Dr. McMullen
West Ninth Street
Henry
Mary Brown
James Gartlan
Bradford
J. A. Gartlan
Fifth Street
H. P. Kinnear, Esq
Point Chautauqua
Pittsburg
C. H. Smith
Brantford
Canada
Ransom Babcock
Youngsville
Sulphur Springs
York Hill
M. Waters
C. W. Stone
Warren Co. Fair Association
State Board of Agriculture
Towanda
Agricultural Association
August Merck, Jr
Cincinnati
Pulte Medical College
G. McDermott
Merck Bros
Erie
Grand Union
E. Harvey
Advocate
W. A. Smith
Rochester
D. R. Watson
Eric
J. S. Craig
Byron Center
J. W. Patton
R. Ed
Ashley Meadville
J. F. Green
Kittanning
Kugler
Sharon
Sentinel
R. G. Tubbs
Springboro
E. Walker
Northville
J. M. McKee
Pulaski
H. D. Persons
Union City
Supreme Union
A. Gaither
H. J. Gamble
J. J. Davis
F. F. McCullough
Evansburg
Mrs Bernard’s Amateur Company Presents Pinafore for Library Benefit
The Thursday evening performance by Mrs Bernard’s Amateur Company drew a full house and high praise. The cast, familiar to audiences, delivered a confident smooth show benefiting the library with both funds and genuine entertainment.
Keep Off the Grass at Fair Grounds
Managers of the Fair grounds close the park to all but ticket holders to protect the grass for hay for next fall. A confrontation with west end youths occurred Wednesday evening as they attempted to enter. No ball playing allowed until about June 22 when grass cutting finishes. after that, boys may use the ground.
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West End
Oldest theatre in America Walnut Street Theatre
A fragment notes the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia as the oldest theatre in America and mentions it was built 77 years ago along with brief legal and civic items from various counties and cities spanning 1885. The list includes court decisions on insurable interest and occupation tax, jail terms for libel, and local civic actions.
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Walnut Street
Philadelphia
America
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Lycoming County
County Notes Highlight Local Happenings and Personal News
June reports from County correspondence describe incidents including a serious saw injury at a shingle mill, mill improvements by E W Thompson, social visits and celebrations, and upcoming events such as Children’s Day and a church observance. Local officials reorganized, roads and sidewalks need repair, and residents travel to nearby towns for work and family ties.
Decoration Day Thanks From Eben N Ford Post G A R
Eben N. Ford Post G A R expresses collective thanks in a June 4 meeting. They commend L B Hoffman James H Eddy and M Waters for providing the bridge free for Decoration Day events. Signed by Commander W J Alexander and Adjutant W H Taytor.
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Eben N. Ford
Messrs. L. B. Hoffman
James H. Eddy
M. Waters
W. J. Alexander
D’r
W. H. Taytor
Adj
New Groceries Store Slated in Diamond Block Warren
Anthony Mintzer announces a new grocery and provisions store in Diamond block below Warren Hotel offering prices far lower than competitors. He promises cash purchases from farmers, a full stock including crockery, and test purchases by customers. R H Johnson also advertises cash payments for brass copper lead zinc rubber goods delivered to room 8 Johnson's Exchange.
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Anthony Mintzer
Diamond Block
Warren
Warren Hotel
Johnson’s Exchange
R. H. Johnson
Flour and Feed Market Prices From Local Mills
Grain markets report price corrections for white wheat and various feeds. Listings include flour in barrels, corn meal, chop feed, bran and corn with mill terms and per sack or bushel figures. The fragment references Conewango Snow Flake and multiple commodity grades.
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Graham
Boltec
Thankful note to Eben N. Ford Post G A R and friends
Mrs. F Baltzinger extends heartfelt thanks to Eben N. Ford Post G A R and all friends for kindness and sympathy during her deep affliction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben N. Ford Post G. A. R
F. Baltzinger
Boots 1u Wilvud Sale At Northurop's
Wantep announces a money saving sale on Boots 1u Wilvud at Northurop's store. The notice emphasizes bargain pricing and location for shoppers seeking discounts.
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Wilvud
M E Church seeks buyers for furnishings and fixtures
The M E Church lists sale items including 30 pews and benches 40 lamps and fixtures chandeliers a pipe organ two furnaces pipe and registers a bell 12 windows and frames doors frames flooring and lumber Inquire through M B Dunham Ben Nesmith or A Fisher building Committee A A Davis & Co offers floor oil cloth before purchase
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M. E. Church
M. B. Dunham
Ben Nesmith
A. Fisher
Mandrake Bitters Promises Cure for Costiveness
Dr Henry Baxters Mandrake Bitters advertised by Johnson and Siegfried claim to cure costiveness and prevent diseases arising from it, noting many adults and children suffer from the condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Baxter
Johnson & Siegfried
Tax collections report from May by Collector Walther
Internal Revenue Collections show May totals across penalties fermented liquor spirits cigars tobacco and special stamps with a grand total of 12 72. The figures include penalties 336 39 for penalties and 4 474 57 for fermented liquor plus 491 40 for spirits and 2 092 80 for cigars and 56 36 for tobacco.
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Internal Revenue
Walther
Spring Clothing by Jacob Keller Tailor
Jacob Keller the Tailor offers a large stock of imported and domestic cloths ready to be made into suits. He guarantees a good fit with skilled workmen and the latest styles. Visit Rooms on Second Street near Liberty, second story.
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Jacob Keller
Second Street
Liberty
Special sale of Bed Spreads and Corsets in Warren
A local auction buyer secured 1000 Crochet and Marseilles Bed Spreads at under half value. about 250 sent here to sell at a small advance over cost. Hundreds of spreads and fringed pieces offered with varied prices plus 200 corsets for sale Thursday at 35 cents. Hosiery offers remain available. New goods arrive daily. call to view bargains.
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Marseilles
Bates
Warren
Stock market snippet with opening and closing figures
The passage presents a brief stock data line featuring opening and closing values, with percentages and numeric figures such as 19 percent, 7936, and 78 with related figures 794 795. It resembles a fragmented financial quote without full context or accompanying company names.
Wrightsville News Tells Local Happenings and Moves
June 1 Wrightsville notes include Jon Smallman improving after illness, Edward returning home, J W Smith back from North Warren, and Joseph Sliter adding to his house. Local tradesmen A B Bush and Hallock start work, with Eugene Damon and Frank Stuart painting for Miss Porter. Mrs Wright Stuart’s house hosts the new cooper O C Messenger, and others undertake mill, masonry, cattle buying, and tomato care.
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Jon Smallman
Edward
J. W. Smith
North War
Joseph Sliter
O. C. Messenger
Jerry Laquay
New York
Eugene Damon
Frank Stuart
Porter
E. Bush
Cooper
Elizabeth Wright Stuart
Mechanic Street
Mr. Hallock
F. Yates
Joseph Gillet
Garland
David Chase
Wheelock
Joseph Gray
N. F. Wright
Pp. L. Wright
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